Browsing Category: Experience 4.0

ZEVENWACHT WINE FARM Thursday 11 January 2018 http://www.zevenwacht.co.za/ Experience: 4/5 Wines: 4/5 Zevenwacht sits almost at the back of the listings in my Platter’s Guide, not quite at the end as Zidela Wines, Zonnenbloem and Zorgvliet follow. The tasting visit...

SAXENBURG WINE FARM Thursday 11 January 2018 http://saxenburg.co.za/ Experience: 4/5 Wines: 4/5 The vineyards are closely packed along the Polkadraai Road to the West of Stellenbosch. Saxenburg is one of the most Western of them and should have been my...

BOSCHKLOOF WNES Thursday 11 January 2018 http://boschkloofwines.com/ Experience: 4/5 Wines: 4.5/5 The tarentaal in the fields beside the road and sign for La Provence gave clue that I was West of Stellenbosch. It’s where Afrikaans meets France even though I...

GROOT PHESANTEKRAAL Wednesday 13 December 2017 http://grootphesantekraal.co.za/ Experience: 4/5 Wines: 4/5 I could not have been more surprised by Groot Phesantekraal. I’ve been trying to think why. It may come from cycle races in the area, or even confusion with...

CANTO WINES Wednesday 13 December 2017 http://cantowines.co.za/ Experience: 4/5 Wines: 4/5 Everything was new at Canto Wines. Everything. As I arrived, a staff member was polishing the glass doors on the impressive Cellar and Tasting Room building. The white painted shape,...

ONEIRIC WINES Thursday 7 December 2017 http://oneiric.co.za/ Experience: 4/5 Wines: 4/5 All the grapes at Oneiric come from the estate, Carla said, as she hosted me for my wine tasting. She was a new employee, still daily commuting from the...

SONKLIP WYN Friday 1 December 2017 https://www.facebook.com/SonklipWynWine Experience: 4/5 Wines: 4/5 Chrismie, a typical portmanteau name in Afrikaans, welcomed me to her home while husband, engineer and winemaker Frik made his way through late Friday afternoon traffic to host me....

NEIL ELLIS WINES Friday 1 December 2017 http://www.neilellis.com/ Experience: 4/5 Wines: 4/5 I arrived for tasting at the ‘golden hour’ at Neil Ellis Wines just east of Central Stellenbosch at the start of the Helshoogte Pass. An hour sooner and...

CLOUDS WINE & GUEST ESTATE Friday 1 December 2017 http://cloudsestate.com/ Experience: 4/5 Wines: 4.5/5 I headed up the Helshoogte Pass out of Stellenbosch not quite knowing what to expect from the Clouds Estate. As I entered the security gate to...